Former referee Dermot Gallagher has admitted that Simon Hooper made a mistake in awarding an Arsenal corner that led to the equaliser.
The Gunners were awarded a corner although slow-motion footage showed the ball hit Leandro Trossard’s leg before going out, allowing Gabriel Magalles to head the ball into his own net to equalise at Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 before the Gunners won 2-1 last night. Gallagher analysed that “it’s a
shame because of the consequences. ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี The referee (Hooper) made the decision from where he was.”
“He didn’t see the ball hit Leandro Trossard, which it clearly did. He hit the last ball. It must have been a goal kick.” “
The corner kick came in. If it had been cleared we wouldn’t be talking about it. But it went in and suddenly the consequences increased.” “
VAR can’t make any decisions apart from red cards, penalties, goals, misidentification. They can’t make decisions about the start of the game, which now lies with the people in charge. “I don’t know how many years from now it will happen,”
he said. “Simon Hooper may have felt that when the ball hit Trossard he was off the pitch, but no, there’s no doubt about that. It’s a decision based on facts.”